Improved weather-strip



mitral l wm l ELUAH CARPENTER; or CAEBONDALE, PENNsYLvANrA..- f

Laim Parent No. 34,680, dazed Decanter-s, 186s.

IMPRovED WEATHER-STRIP. f

v MP- P- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1ELIJAH CARPENTER, of Garbondale, in the county ofLuzerne, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in W'eather-Strips; and Ido hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, in which-- Figure l isa perspective idew of myinvention, with a portion of plate A broken away, and

Figure 2, a section through line a: x, iig. 1.

The object of this invention is to constructa weatherstrip for doors,which, while attached to the threshold, and requiring no change whateverin the construction ofthe door, shall not ater the shape of thethreshold, nor in any way diminish its strength or impair its beauty.

To accomplish this object, 1 rebate the outer upper edgev of thethreshold, and fill the space where the .wood is ,removed withavmetallic weather-strip, A,.so

shaped, as, when lying fiat, to preserve the original form anddimensions of the threshold.

The plate A is thus slightly inclined, and its lower edge is rounded,while its upper edge is left sharp. At each end it isl provided with theprojections a a', the lower one extending into a horizontal slot, e, andthe upper one into a vertical slot,` ci, in the jamb, or' in a plate, E,attached to the jamb.

A lever, B, pivoted at b, lies under the upper edge of the plate A, ina; slot or chamber in the threshold, made for the purpose.

One end presses up against the upper edge of plate A, while' the otheris pressed upon by a lever, D, pivoted at d, and projectingslightlyabove the threshold, .as seen in figs. l and 2. v

As the door closes, it presses down the lever D, thereby actuating leverB, and .throwin g the upper edge of plate .A up again st the under edgeof the door, or against the under edge of a horizontal cleat, E', fixedto the door,

tand outward, so as to form a'perfect water-shed, preventing the rainand snow from driving under the doorinto the house, or filling up andfreezing in the cavity occupied by the two levers.

The whole apparatus is simple, not liable to get out of order, and canbe applied to any form of threshold or vdoor at little expense. O

Having thus fullydescribed my invention,

What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Paterrt of the UnitedStates, is- Y 1. lIhe arrangement of the weather-strip A, having the twoproj ections, a al', with the slots e e in the plates E E, attached tothe jamb, or in the iamb itself, substantially as herein described an'dshown.

2. The combination of they strip A, levers BD, andv door, when theseveral parts are constructed and arranged to operate in the mannerdescribed and shown,

and for the purposes specified. Y

f ELIJ AH CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

LEWIS S. WATEES, DUNCAN WEIGHT.

